Robert Menendez

Laura Pedrick for The New York Times

News about Robert Menendez, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 27, 2015

Justice Dept investigators have met with lawyers of Dr Salomon Melgen, close friend of New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez, in attempt to persuade him to cooperate in corruption case they are pursuing against Menendez; deal would make Melgen star witness in case over whether Menendez traded political favors for gifts and lavish vacations. MORE

Mar. 24, 2015

Federal prosecutors are planning to bring corruption charges against New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez, as part of Justice Dept investigation against him; comparisons are being made to 2008 case against late Sen Ted Stevens, which was dismissed after prosecutors were found to have withheld evidence. MORE

Mar. 10, 2015

Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly interviewed Sen Harry Reid in 2014 as part of its continuing inquiry into Sen Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey who will likely face corruption charges. MORE

Mar. 8, 2015

Growing likelihood that federal corruption charges will be filed against New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez raises possibility that he may be forced to step down, leaving scandal-plagued Democratic party with few options to replace him. MORE

Mar. 7, 2015

Justice Dept official says agency will file corruption charges against Sen Robert Menendez, culmination of two-year investigation into bribery allegations; case revolves around friendship between Menendez and wealthy surgeon Salomon Melgen, and will likely involve consideration of whether senator's activities are protected by Constitution from prosecution. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Deep policy and political divisions between Pres Obama and New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez, top Democrat on Foreign Relations Committee, have burst into public view; Menendez, whose position would otherwise make him key advocate for administration policy, has sharply questioned Obama's stance on Cuba and Iran. MORE

Jan. 30, 2015

Op-Ed article by author Ann Louise Bardach calls for repeal of Cuban Adjustment Act policies, which offers Cubans immigrants fast track to citizenship, arguing that it unfairly privileges one group over others; notes that Hispanic Sens Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Robert Menendez, who will largely decide whether act will be repealed, will have to abolish immigration policies like this if they want support of Hispanic-American community at large. MORE

Jan. 16, 2015

New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez faces-off against Pres Obama over whether Congress should impose new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. MORE

Jul. 9, 2014

Sen Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey who is under scrutiny by the Justice Dept in a corruption investigation, suggests in letter to department that Cuban spies may be behind effort to discredit him and mute his support of tough sanctions against government in Havana; Menendez has said previously that his seat at helm of Senate Foreign Relations Committee has made him a target of Cuban operatives. MORE

Dec. 4, 2013

Senators Dianne Feinstein and Robert Menendez ask Obama administration to warn South Korea against allowing Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei to build large parts of a next-generation network for Seoul; they say it could give China entry points into the telecommunications networks and Web traffic of an important American ally. MORE

Mar. 6, 2013

Dominican Republic judge calls for Sen Robert Menendez to appear in court as charges and countercharges fly over veracity of allegations that Menendez patronized prostitutes in that country; Dominican lawyer Miguel Galvan files sworn affidavit saying he had enlisted the women to participate in interviews and that it had been staged. MORE

Mar. 5, 2013

Nexis de los Santos, Dominican woman who said in a video that she had sex with Sen Robert Menendez of New Jersey for money is now acknowledging that the story is false, and that she has never met him. MORE

Feb. 21, 2013

Sen Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, has projected a business-as-usual appearance even as he has hired a team to defuse a crisis arising from hints of conspiracies against him; some critics are calling on him to step down as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, citing the distraction of persistent questions about whether he used his influence to advance the business interests of Salomon E Melgen, a major political donor and friend. MORE

Feb. 17, 2013

Charges of favoritism that have emerged against Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey illustrate the often-hidden role that partisan players have in helping push the major news media to dig into ethical allegations lodged against sitting members of Congress; combination of allegations, of misuse of public office and of sexual misconduct, helped propel the story into the headlines and onto television. MORE

Feb. 11, 2013

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is said to have discouraged any plan by the United States government to donate port security equipment to the Dominican Republic, citing concern that advanced screening gear might undermine efforts by a private company; company is run by Dr Salomon E Melgen, a major campaign contributor and friend; intervention with Department of Homeland Security came even though Menendez has publicly chastised the Obama administration for not doing more to combat drug traffic moving through Dominican ports. MORE

Feb. 9, 2013

Editorial holds new disclosures about New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez's use of his position to advance the financial interest of a friend and donor raises serious concerns about misconduct; calls on Senate Ethics Committee to mount formal investigation. MORE

Feb. 7, 2013

Federal investigators say Sen Robert Menendez of New Jersey intervened with federal health officials on two occasions in the last four years in an effort to help a close friend and major benefactor, Dr Salomon E Melgen, in a billing dispute with Medicare. MORE

Feb. 5, 2013

Lucrative port security contract pushed by Sen Robert Menendez of New Jersey on behalf of a company owned by Dr Salomon E Melgen, one of his major donors, would also have benefited Pedro Pablo Permuy, a former senior legislative aide to Menendez; relationship between Menendez and Dr Melgen is under scrutiny as the senator prepares to assume chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. MORE

Feb. 1, 2013

Records show that New Jersey Democratic Sen Robert Menendez has been helpful to Dr Salomon E Melgen, a friend and major political benefactor, in ways that could be highly lucrative for Melgen; Menendez is defending his relationship with doctor following Federal Bureau of Investigation raid on Melgen's offices in West Palm Beach; scrutiny comes just as Menendez is on verge of reaching most prestigious post of his career, chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. MORE

Jan. 31, 2013

Federal Bureau of Investigation raids offices of prominent South Florida eye surgeon Dr Salomon Melgen, wealthy Democratic Party donor with close ties to Sen Robert Menendez of New Jersey; raid comes just four days after Web site alleged that FBI was looking into accusations that Menendez and Melgen frequented under-age prostitutes in Dominican Republic. MORE

Dec. 10, 2012

Senators Charles E Schumer of New York and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are proposing billions of dollars in tax breaks to help individuals and businesses rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy; tax package is modeled on legislation passed in 2005 to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. MORE

Oct. 6, 2012

New Jersey candidates for United States Senate, Democratic incumbent Robert Menendez and Republican opponent Joe Kyrillos, engage in a debate in which they both continue to cling to generic partisan outlines with few specifics or exchanges. MORE

Jan. 20, 2012

Joseph M Kyrillos Jr, a prominent Republican state senator in New Jersey with close ties to Gov Chris Christie, announces that he will run in New Jersey in 2012 for the United States Senate seat held by Democratic Sen Robert Menendez; decision has the potential to turn the Senate race in New Jersey into a costly contest that will be closely watched nationally. MORE

Jan. 14, 2012

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey says he will no longer block Pres Obama's nomination of Judge Patty Shwartz to a federal appeals court; Menendez, who reversed his position after an in-depth discussion with Shwartz, says that he was initially blocking the nomination because he felt Shwartz had a weak grasp of constitutional law. MORE

Jan. 10, 2012

Editorial criticizes New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez for holding up Pres Obama's nomination of Patty Shwartz to the United States Court of Appeals; asserts that blockage appears to be inspired by a desire for political revenge against Schwartz's long-time companion James Nobile, who was in charge of a public corruption unit that subpoenaed Menendez at the close of his 2006 election battle. MORE

Jan. 7, 2012

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey denies accusations that there are personal reasons behind his decision to block a Judiciary Committee hearing for Federal Judge Patty Shwartz, nominated by Pres Obama to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Menendez, the first Democrat to hold up one of the Obama administration's judicial nominees, says that Shwartz simply does not demonstrate an adequate breadth of knowledge of constitutional law. MORE

Jan. 6, 2012

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is holding up President Obama’s nomination of Patty Shwartz to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in an unusual case of intraparty defiance and without explanation; it is the only time a Democrat has tried to block one of Obama's judicial nominees; the nominee has been in a relationship for more than two decades with the head of the public corruption unit for New Jersey’s federal prosecutor, who investigated Menendez during his 2006 election fight. MORE

Oct. 24, 2011

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey end their five-year investigation of Robert Menendez's relationship with a nonprofit agency in Union City, NJ. MORE

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March 24, 2015, Tuesday

Officials said Mr. Reid, the Democratic leader, spoke with federal investigators who were interested in a 2012 meeting about a billing dispute involving Salomon Melgen, a benefactor of Senator Robert Menendez.